Union Minister Sushma Swaraj dismisses ‘rumours’ of being presidential contender
NEW DELHI : External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today dismissed reports that she was a contender in the presidential election as “rumours”. Though neither the government nor the opposition has declared their candidate for the poll to elect the country’s first citizen, several names, including Ms Swaraj’s, have been doing More...
Manish Sisodia Dy.CM, quizzed by CBI over AAP’s ‘Talk To AK’ campaign
NEW DELHI : Officials of the central investigating agency or CBI are questioning Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in a corruption case, sources have said. In January, the agency had started a More...
Tamil Nadu: Panneerselvam announces dissolution of panel for merger talks
CHENNAI : In Tamil Nadu, O Panneerselvam has announced dissolving of a seven member panel for holding merger talks between two rival AIADMK groups. Virtually bringing down the curtain on the merger of the two rival More...
Rahul In Bengaluru For Re-launch of Congress-run newspaper National Herald
BENGALURU : Rahul Gandhi is in Bengaluru today for the first step in the re-launch of the National Herald, a Congress-run newspaper started by Jawaharlal Nehru, which has come to signify a massive legal tangle More...
CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan called farmers to discuss to me without hesitation,”
BHOPAL : In his attempt to bring peace to violence-hit Madhya Pradesh and hold talks with farmers, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan began his fast on Saturday. While families of farmers killed in Mandsaur violence More...
Farmers Were Shot by Police, Admits MP Home Minister Bhupendra Singh
BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Bhupendra Singh on Thursday said that the five casualties during farmers’ agitation in Mandsaur occurred during police firing.”Five persons were killed in police More...
Gen Bipin Rawat has let down standards of Army: CPI(M)
NEW DELHI : The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has attacked Army Chief General Bipin Rawat for supporting Major Leetul Gogoi, who had used a stone-pelter as a human shield in Kashmir. An editorial in party mouthpiece More...
‘PWD scam’: Three FIRs on complaint against Arvind Kejriwal, ACB tells court
NEW DELHI : The Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) on Friday informed a Delhi court that it has lodged three separate FIRs on a criminal complaint filed against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others in an alleged More...
Drop nuclear bomb on Pakistan Says VHP leader Acharya Dharmendra
KOTA (Rajasthan): In view of increased ceasefire violations by the Pakistani troops, VHP leader Acharya Dharmendra has said that nuclear bomb should be drooped on India’s hostile neighbour. The senior VHP More...
Punched In Chest By AAP lawmakers In Delhi Assembly, Alleges Kapil Mishra
NEW DELHI : Suspended Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kapil Mishra was manhandled and pushed by AAP lawmakers inside the Delhi Assembly as it met for a one-day special sitting on the GST or Goods and Services Tax. In More...